THE PSYCHEDELIC PHILOSOPHER: A Guide To Aldous Huxley

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@LightBringer666
@LightBringer666 4 жыл бұрын
it's pretty ironic how Huxley and Orwell had opposing views on what leads us to destruction, yet they were both simultaneously right about it.
@saturatedneowax
@saturatedneowax 4 жыл бұрын
moderation
@wayvak3330
@wayvak3330 4 жыл бұрын
That within sameness there is difference., although that difference is not different from sameness.
@eddygci8
@eddygci8 4 жыл бұрын
Wayvak nice
@gryffin638
@gryffin638 4 жыл бұрын
Carrot and stick. Gotta hedge your bets.
@mesta5539
@mesta5539 4 жыл бұрын
@@wayvak3330 wtf does that mean
@OnePercentBetter
@OnePercentBetter 4 жыл бұрын
Mushrooms and DXM were what took me from drunk, socially isolated human to being part of a tribe of friends who I love.
@uglyburrito_
@uglyburrito_ 4 жыл бұрын
Psychedelics are amazing, just makes life feel so golded
@maxdjikaev1136
@maxdjikaev1136 4 жыл бұрын
One Percent Better at the same time?
@rootz420
@rootz420 4 жыл бұрын
Same then I moved three times, now I have no tribe.
@chad9832
@chad9832 4 жыл бұрын
A tribe is a feeling of home correct, so would home not only be oneself?
@martinhaxhimusa407
@martinhaxhimusa407 4 жыл бұрын
well i think i really need some or im going to die of isolation always thought to try some but never actually did it
@alexandrehache2997
@alexandrehache2997 4 жыл бұрын
Im not advocating for use of psychadelics for everyone but trying lsd has been for me a life changing experience. made me realize i was living life with my eyes wide shut.Thank you for another great video, love your content.
@Demilich23
@Demilich23 4 жыл бұрын
Explain
@thomasbeaumont3668
@thomasbeaumont3668 4 жыл бұрын
Trips are different to highs because they take you places. These aren’t physical places but you explore neural pathways that are otherwise unacceptable this allows you to see the world in a different way, DNAs discovery is credited to LSD for instance
@wdwuccnxcnh7022
@wdwuccnxcnh7022 4 жыл бұрын
Me too dude, lsd seriously made me realize how much I was fucking my life up. I don’t use it anymore because I don’t need it however I seriously don’t know where I’d be without LSD
@spin6668
@spin6668 4 жыл бұрын
"Im not advocating but" *goes onto say positive life changing event* Come on man can peeps stop with the i'm not advocating line, I see it everywhere right before someone goes onto say how epik it is.
@alexandrehache2997
@alexandrehache2997 4 жыл бұрын
Spin lol fair enough, in my case i wasnt even planning on trying it the night i did - and it can be detrimental if you have mental health conditions. I consider myself super lucky to have come put of that trip the way i did! So yeah i dont advocate it, the decision of trying that strong of a psychedelic/going on that kind of trip has got to come 100% from the individual imo. Its not up to me or anyone to tell another what to do with their consciousness :)
@SpectreMkTwo
@SpectreMkTwo 4 жыл бұрын
Did LSD last summer during a dark point in my life when I lost my motivation to life, it's not for everyone and it may even break certain people, but for my taking Acid made me have dark strips often and forced me to deal with my demons and made me realize what I want in life. Haven't been the same since, killed the existential dread you get when you're 12 so I finally got over my depression at the age of 17
@Psyck66
@Psyck66 4 жыл бұрын
Felt lost once, now feel profound...🤘🗿
@leadbellymidnightangel
@leadbellymidnightangel 4 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how lsd worked for me and even the same age and time
@piemonster11
@piemonster11 4 жыл бұрын
same exact story for me except i was 18. it's wild how it's able to lift you above and beyond the shit, so you can see and think clearly on how to get through it.
@ericmiller2189
@ericmiller2189 4 жыл бұрын
glad it worked. I would normally tell people its not the best to take during the low points if you haven't taken it before.
@MossyMoht
@MossyMoht 4 жыл бұрын
Whilst I’m happy, with how this affected you I have to say that no one really points out that these are issues which can(with usually more effort) be solved without it too. It feels like people say it’s the only way out, but there are always other options not to say that psychedelics are bad or anything. They are merely situational for everyone, and sometimes it should or shouldn’t be taken.
@hugosaurus
@hugosaurus 4 жыл бұрын
Love this, would love to see one on Terence McKenna
@maymayman0
@maymayman0 4 жыл бұрын
And Hunter S Thompson though he wasnt overly philosophical he still had a message
@SkeletonPimp
@SkeletonPimp 4 жыл бұрын
TERENCE
@angelopauli1961
@angelopauli1961 4 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS DUDEEE
@sporydic8278
@sporydic8278 4 жыл бұрын
TERRY BOY
@nathanharrower2778
@nathanharrower2778 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha of course
@thegoodkidboy7726
@thegoodkidboy7726 4 жыл бұрын
Broke: "Everything is 1984" Woke: "Everything is Brave New World"
@faroukramzan6649
@faroukramzan6649 4 жыл бұрын
Facts
@vallisdaemonumofficial
@vallisdaemonumofficial 4 жыл бұрын
My high school English teacher gave me his personal copy of Brave New World.
@Me-vn3gz
@Me-vn3gz 4 жыл бұрын
More than one thing can be true
@EnigmaGameMaster
@EnigmaGameMaster 4 жыл бұрын
We're literally living through both at the same time.
@96ta3p
@96ta3p 3 жыл бұрын
It is something in between though to be real.
@ThePsychedelicScientist
@ThePsychedelicScientist 4 жыл бұрын
Aldous Huxley was one of the important influences on my development - he is what inspired a life-long love of learning in me, and has led me to now become a Neuroscience PhD student studying the mind, brain, and psychedelic drugs. I wouldn't have taken this route in life if it was not for his immensely inspiring life and way of being. He was way ahead of his time, with an insight into things that was both extraordinarily broad and deep, from the most mundane social dynamics of the British intelligentsia, to the most profound realizations of mystics and psychonauts. Really a towering figure in the 20th century. Thank for you this video.
@patricejohnson7179
@patricejohnson7179 4 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to make an argument in an essay I'm writing that Huxley inadvertently "proves" that the idea of cartesian dualism is the correct view of consciousness. I'm probably wrong, but do you think I can make this claim and back it up?
@jaakkotoivonen5356
@jaakkotoivonen5356 4 жыл бұрын
LSD on one's deathbed doesn't sound too bad actually
@Soul-OnFire
@Soul-OnFire 4 жыл бұрын
Jaakko Toivonen actually i read somewhere that they think the reason people see the light at the end of the tunnel and stuff is actually our bodies releasing enough hallucinogenic stuff so we can die peacefully while our bodies shut down something... idk... but people who have more motovation than me should look this up and try to find it its fascinating....
@mayap8191
@mayap8191 4 жыл бұрын
Light Echo Yeah your body releases a chemical called DMT which I believe is a psychedelic
@supremebohnenstange4102
@supremebohnenstange4102 4 жыл бұрын
@@mayap8191 thta is not true, researchers have linked dmt experiences and near death experiences, but that does not indicate that this chemical gets released! www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/201810/near-death-experiences-and-dmt%3famp
@pearcehubbart3767
@pearcehubbart3767 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine there's a possible afterlife and you show up high. Like if Christianity is right I imagine meeting Satan blazed.
@OTXCLVY
@OTXCLVY 4 жыл бұрын
Light Echo dmt is where we came from and where we go. Once you do it you will understand
@FriedFreya
@FriedFreya 4 жыл бұрын
I've done several psychedelics. Shrooms, Acid, and DMT. They all opened my eyes to how cruel I was to myself. I'd go into more detail, but... Well... I stopped smoking cigs altogether, and took a vow against future self mutilation. Even when I dissociated the last time, my main goal at the time when I wasn't really there was to feed my hungry belly. I've come very far. ^^
@pepita3467
@pepita3467 4 жыл бұрын
Thats amazing I'm glad you're getting better😊 Seratonin does some amazing stuff.
@michalis75
@michalis75 4 жыл бұрын
I quit cigarettes cold turkey after tripping too! I feel like psychedelics have a way of peeling back the wool that we, and society, imprints over our perception. What may have been acceptable becomes fucking gross while tripping. Glad to hear you're making healthy choices, happy tripping, internet stranger!
@FriedFreya
@FriedFreya 4 жыл бұрын
@@michalis75 Absolutely, I couldn't agree more about the affect of psychedelics. We have such a dirty lens to look through, it's nice to get a clear view sometimes. It took tripping HARD for me to be like: "Yo, I'm too fucking beautiful and kind to let cigarettes rule over me these days. It's been too long." (Started at like 11 btw lol). Thank you for your kind words, I wish you the same! Happy tripping~! ^-^
@flip6383
@flip6383 4 жыл бұрын
Hope you're doing better now (:
@gerardodeltoro6219
@gerardodeltoro6219 4 жыл бұрын
Im doing that too :)
@PracticalInspiration
@PracticalInspiration 4 жыл бұрын
His ideas feel extremely relevant in today's world, seems like he was way ahead of his time
@oleggalkin5479
@oleggalkin5479 4 жыл бұрын
We are slaves to our pleasures, yes?
@DarkAngelEU
@DarkAngelEU 4 жыл бұрын
Well, yes and no, but I'm glad you find him relevant to our times :)
@thebandofbastards4934
@thebandofbastards4934 4 жыл бұрын
Because the problems of now are just the problems of the past that have gained notorierity as time progressed.
@seth5394
@seth5394 4 жыл бұрын
Practical Inspiration it’s just because he knew how the society was being programmed
@chergle
@chergle 4 жыл бұрын
substance use is as old as self-awareness. The only way to extend beyond the self is to be in a state at least somewhat removed from sobriety. It's a shame that psychedelics, the most useful medium through which one can introspect, are illegal.
@feartheghus
@feartheghus 4 жыл бұрын
Willpower and being smart about self reflection also help you to introspect, you don’t need to harm yourself or get high on psychedelics that tend not to help but instead to hurt.
@luke-fh9gf
@luke-fh9gf 4 жыл бұрын
We know basically nothing about the human brain tho right?
@luke-fh9gf
@luke-fh9gf 4 жыл бұрын
Once we can like, categorize all people and their personalities In a huge database/spectrum we can assess what we need brains to be able to do right? Is what I'm saying even making sense lmao
@feartheghus
@feartheghus 4 жыл бұрын
luke I would hope we never see that specific future
@feartheghus
@feartheghus 4 жыл бұрын
luke and every human being is unique enough that at some point you can’t keep accurate categories except to have one for each individual.
@thegrammarcrusader4085
@thegrammarcrusader4085 4 жыл бұрын
You should make a video on the greatest philosopher of our time, Jaden Smith.
@TheLampl1ghter
@TheLampl1ghter 4 жыл бұрын
As if anyone could ever capture the greatness.
@thegrammarcrusader4085
@thegrammarcrusader4085 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheLampl1ghter good point.
@jenjuice432
@jenjuice432 4 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@xyoungdipsetx
@xyoungdipsetx 4 жыл бұрын
Are y’all joking? Jaden Smith is a fucking joke
@dylanhuntly3517
@dylanhuntly3517 4 жыл бұрын
Joseph sorry to burst your bubble big fella but... thats the joke
@sleepyt5321
@sleepyt5321 4 жыл бұрын
Surprised you didn't mention the fact that the book "the doors of perception" is where the doors got the name from 🤙
@chaitanyavelamala7268
@chaitanyavelamala7268 4 жыл бұрын
Really? What were they called till then ?
@ashuflipsbitches5154
@ashuflipsbitches5154 4 жыл бұрын
Thats a fact jim stated this in many of his interviews 💖
@KarlSnarks
@KarlSnarks 3 жыл бұрын
Based band
@SweetComputing
@SweetComputing 3 жыл бұрын
@@chaitanyavelamala7268 Gates? IDK
@coolaisiankid
@coolaisiankid 3 жыл бұрын
The book came out before the band existed
@leadbellymidnightangel
@leadbellymidnightangel 4 жыл бұрын
LSD worked miracles for my life and even got me into literature and philosophy. It made me generally more appreciative of life as well.
@leadbellymidnightangel
@leadbellymidnightangel 4 жыл бұрын
822勃大大 yeah you gotta be responsible with it and it’s an awesome drug
@flip6383
@flip6383 4 жыл бұрын
Aldous Huxley truly means a lot to me, despite having died before my father was even born. His book feel like genuine self-help books, in the same vain as how he perceived LSD, a mere tool that is up to the experiencer to decide. He has helped make so much sense of both the world, my surroundings and me on a frequency I feel like no person I know in real life matches, he resonates to me on this level never seen before. What I just do not understand is how Huxley (according to google trends) is becoming less and less popular, despite being ahead of even most people of our time. I really hope more people will find out about the man and read his works, because his genuity extends way beyond that of Brave New World: think about the books he mentioned here (Perennial philosophy, Island, Brave New World revisited) but also 'Ends and Means; and 'Heaven and Hell' (not to be confused with the 'between heaven & hell). There's just so much to learn from this guy, and if I had a single wish it would be seeing his reaction to the modern world and hearing his take on it. I think even he would be astonished at just how accurate his claims have really become, throughout reading the biggest works of his, I've only stumbled upon a single thing that didn't come out to be true, and it was so minor I don't even remember what it was.
@KhalidElwaleed
@KhalidElwaleed 4 жыл бұрын
Same bro ... same 💖
@thomasbeaumont3668
@thomasbeaumont3668 4 жыл бұрын
Trips are different to highs because they take you places. These aren’t physical places but you explore neural pathways that are otherwise unacceptable this allows you to see the world in a different way, DNAs discovery is credited to LSD for instance
@MsMastress
@MsMastress 4 жыл бұрын
Plato also discovered the concept of dualism after taking an ancient Greek brew. It is still unknown to us what exactly he took, but his report describes carrying out a ritual in a cave where he saw the souls of those around them leave the shells of their bodies.
@123ssecret
@123ssecret 4 жыл бұрын
Ewan Baxter Dualism is a borrowed concept from Zoroastrianism.
@MsMastress
@MsMastress 4 жыл бұрын
@@123ssecret Oh, thanks for the knowledge! Plato's story still stands though as an important experience of psychedelic insight.
@gspm23
@gspm23 4 жыл бұрын
@@MsMastress You are probably referring to Eleusis (See ''Road to Eleusis'') where people had to pilgrim couple of miles before reaching this secret place. You couldn't talk about it at all ; otherwise you'd be killed. R. Gordon Wasson explored these rituals, who lasted not less than 1800 years, and found, with the help of Albert Hoffman, that they probably extract LSA (Lysergic Acide Amide) from a fungus who grew on rice, not far from Eleusis. It was water solube, so pretty easy thing to do, even for a more primitive society.
@MsMastress
@MsMastress 4 жыл бұрын
@@gspm23 Wow! Thanks for the information! I'd heard that there was perhaps a connection to an analog of LSD, but wasn't sure
@manuelahe_
@manuelahe_ 4 жыл бұрын
This seems to me like one of the most important video essays on KZbin today, taking us all back to the 10 min discussion of a Brave New World we had once in highschool English class, to the almost scarily accurate portrayal of our consumer culture in the modern world today and the warning flags that have been waved and we need to take notice of. This is serious in 2020, thank you.
@Valzip
@Valzip 4 жыл бұрын
New mic!, not even a minute in and sounds much clearer and bright, dont get rid of the acoustics tho, i dont want that cozy feeling of your videos going away.
@InfinitiSin
@InfinitiSin 4 жыл бұрын
Yo, keep on the good work. Also, I do think the word may end up in what was described in Brave new world. Especially when we are more and more tending to prefer the easy and happy way out.
@TommyLikeTom
@TommyLikeTom 4 жыл бұрын
I read the book recently and I keep sharing this quote everywhere because it is so accurate to how the games industry works: "Nowadays the Controllers won’t approve of any new game unless it can be shown that it requires at least as much apparatus as the most complicated of existing games." I received Doors Of Perception as a book prize for creative writing when I was 18
@thebevysuperstitious
@thebevysuperstitious 4 жыл бұрын
The school of life for less pretentious people
@kabundakazembe4328
@kabundakazembe4328 4 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have put it any better.
@lobsterpaw
@lobsterpaw 4 жыл бұрын
school of life just gives really fucking bad advice too
@TheDemonsunleashed
@TheDemonsunleashed 3 жыл бұрын
More like The school of life but not dumbed down as "self help"
@tealwave77
@tealwave77 3 жыл бұрын
school of life is kinda full of poo
@Brian-sh5ne
@Brian-sh5ne 4 жыл бұрын
I just started reading the Perennial Philosophy two nights ago, so this is perfect timing. Great video!
@Tyler_col
@Tyler_col 4 жыл бұрын
Just found this channel and I already love it
@masterc9706
@masterc9706 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine dying while dying holy shit what a mad lad
@Ambivlaent
@Ambivlaent 4 жыл бұрын
I always wanted to get familiar with Huxley's work and this video really inspired me today to pursue that. I love his perspective and insight on what really matters, takes people their whole lives to even understand some of it. Your videos are awesome and I love seeing whenever you upload ^u^
@VO1D333
@VO1D333 Жыл бұрын
Psychadelics are the best drug class. Absolutely changed my life and has changed many friends for the better.
@wdwuccnxcnh7022
@wdwuccnxcnh7022 4 жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite philosophy KZbinr 👍🏾, Your videos are consistently thought provoking.
@soopplaza4477
@soopplaza4477 4 жыл бұрын
Huxley’s novel Island is hands down my favorite book
@landryprichard6778
@landryprichard6778 4 жыл бұрын
Same! A friend gave me a first edition copy of that book. Belonged to his parents. I 'forgot' to give it back 26 years ago. 😉😁
@flip6383
@flip6383 4 жыл бұрын
sameee!
@mohannadali9662
@mohannadali9662 4 жыл бұрын
What's it about Edit: no spoilers Edit 2: nvm...
@gladyslucas198
@gladyslucas198 4 жыл бұрын
​@@mohannadali9662 Island was Huxley's vision of what an 'ideal' society would look like. Contrasted by Brave New World which was Huxley's vision of what an oppressive future society would look like.
@mohannadali9662
@mohannadali9662 4 жыл бұрын
@@gladyslucas198 you had me at "contrasted".
@jewelscoop3570
@jewelscoop3570 4 жыл бұрын
Strange, I was peering at my vinyl cover of Sargent pepper hanging on the wall as you said those last words, I didn’t even know he was on it.
@Zorro9129
@Zorro9129 4 жыл бұрын
Sergeant Pepper also has Aleister Crowley.
@egec2116
@egec2116 4 жыл бұрын
Now this is what I have been waiting for.
@Yellow.1844
@Yellow.1844 4 жыл бұрын
Your new mic really makes it more understandable, good
@angelopauli1961
@angelopauli1961 4 жыл бұрын
Psilocybin and LSD has reconnected me with old memories of things I used to do as a child. Not without my share of challenging trips though. I'm glad you made this video.
@DJMixomnia
@DJMixomnia 4 жыл бұрын
The timing of this video couldn't be better, I just finished reading Brave New World and 1984! Really liked this video and very interesting that George Orwell was actually a student of Huxley!
@AKAThatKid
@AKAThatKid 4 жыл бұрын
loving the more regular uploads also ima drop some lsd tomorrow.
@benwilliams9726
@benwilliams9726 4 жыл бұрын
How was it?
@AKAThatKid
@AKAThatKid 4 жыл бұрын
@@benwilliams9726 great thx for asking. my friend and I went down to the river and played with rocks and watched the sunset.
@benwilliams9726
@benwilliams9726 4 жыл бұрын
@@AKAThatKid Nice. That’s what me and my buddies have been doing. Last time I did it was a few weeks ago, i tried something called 4-Aco-dmt, basically synthetic shrooms. So much introspection. If you don’t mind me asking, how old are you? I’m 17.
@AKAThatKid
@AKAThatKid 4 жыл бұрын
@@benwilliams9726 Yeah nice, love a bit of self-reflection, but can be challenging. Im 21 (and in Australia). Keen to trip again soon once I'm on uni break :)
@love_exegence
@love_exegence 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Do Terrence McKenna next !!
@shyamsundhar7521
@shyamsundhar7521 4 жыл бұрын
Love how much research has went into this.
@samuelj5890
@samuelj5890 4 жыл бұрын
lsd is good shit, just make sure that YOU'RE ready to do it, make sure you're comfortable and you'll have a sick time.
@samuelj5890
@samuelj5890 4 жыл бұрын
altough to be fair, bad trips are pretty minging in the moment, but there is always a lesson to be learned from them and is a good way to free yourself from your own mental prison by realising that the cage you're in is actually unlocked.
@user-yf2lk5gi7q
@user-yf2lk5gi7q 4 жыл бұрын
I love your channel so much. Your videos are the only videos I can watch all the way through without distraction. Thank you.
@bailey4650
@bailey4650 4 жыл бұрын
*THE* psychedelic philosopher. We just gonna forget about Terrence and Alan?
@RodrickSmokesDank
@RodrickSmokesDank 4 жыл бұрын
Cringe
@arrow_of_longing
@arrow_of_longing 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, a philosopher. Not a new age guru. A philosopher.
@thinginground5179
@thinginground5179 3 жыл бұрын
@@arrow_of_longing Terence was hardly new age but ok
@lucian5389
@lucian5389 Жыл бұрын
@@thinginground5179 nor was he a guru, he openly stated that he despised the concept
@paulbailey5087
@paulbailey5087 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this. I’ve not been very present lately and needed something to shake me loose.
@pepita3467
@pepita3467 4 жыл бұрын
Infant conditioning is scary schools need to focus more on learning, less mindless obedience.
@xxx1x47x41x3
@xxx1x47x41x3 4 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree but it doubt it will never happen because the school system has no incentives to. The American school system was designed to produce factory workers and hasn't change much for centuries
@Zorro9129
@Zorro9129 4 жыл бұрын
Get out of the school system, advocate homeschooling instead.
@sunkintree
@sunkintree 8 ай бұрын
@@Zorro9129 homeschooling is for religious weirdos lol
@minecraftarenbjorn
@minecraftarenbjorn 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video just found the most Logical philosofer from my perception of the world.
@coolrecorderguy4206
@coolrecorderguy4206 4 жыл бұрын
Fuck they need to make Brave new world into a film man I also think Huxley’s idea of the future definitely correlated more with our current society than Orwell’s- especially with the overstimulation of information driving us to egoism, and overstimulation of pleasure driving us to passivity and decadence. I can’t believe he’s so underrated in comparison to Orwell.
@nobodyofimportance3922
@nobodyofimportance3922 2 жыл бұрын
I read the entirety of The Doors of Perception while sleep-deprived on the train, Heaven and Hell as well. It's a truly unique book, I haven't read anything like it before or since. One fascinating idea Huxley brings up in the book is what he calls 'the mind at large', comparing 'the mind at large' to a sort of foreign land accessible via psychedelics. It creates an interesting distinction between what the brain is capable of in general as opposed to its normal, survival oriented functioning. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in psychedelics, the nature of consciousness, and fans of art as well (he makes some interesting observations relating art and the perception of artists to the psychedelic potential of the brain)
@theguy6245
@theguy6245 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like you could learn more from watching an hour of this guys videos than you could in years of phych
@nigglewiggle4214
@nigglewiggle4214 4 жыл бұрын
great video ily sisyphus
@ellahooper5272
@ellahooper5272 4 жыл бұрын
Great, as always. Appreciate your work in bite-sizing such spot on thinkers and concepts.
@jahanvikumar8334
@jahanvikumar8334 4 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that he was almost blind. This strengthens my faith in the concept that greatness comes from suffering.
@Weraptor
@Weraptor 4 жыл бұрын
his eyesight improved drastically at one point iirc
@jzthompson9598
@jzthompson9598 4 жыл бұрын
I spent 18 months blind. It wasn't suffering. Pain is unavoidable: suffering is optional.
@dex1630
@dex1630 4 жыл бұрын
Dude your videos make me feel like this guy in the best of ways
@tidypog3272
@tidypog3272 4 жыл бұрын
Never wanted a proper trip, but acid has done wonders in my life, 6 micrograms at a time. For people who don't know, 100 is a typical dose
@rosemadder5547
@rosemadder5547 3 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy this channel exists haha subscribing
@thothtahuti5509
@thothtahuti5509 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this succinct telling of one of my heroes lives, objective and entertaining
@baldwintheanchorite
@baldwintheanchorite 3 жыл бұрын
daaaamn postman, that shit the best thing I read since twilight tbh
@huxleyleigh4856
@huxleyleigh4856 Жыл бұрын
My first name is Huxley and this video is wild. Great vid btw
@splitterz4717
@splitterz4717 4 жыл бұрын
great video fr edit: also love how he is immortalized on the cover
@yoshi_drinks_tea
@yoshi_drinks_tea Жыл бұрын
The OG hippy
@mindpalace7242
@mindpalace7242 4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great videos my dude
@jzthompson9598
@jzthompson9598 4 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to study these two books in college in 1969. It changed the course of my life. I stopped watching tv most of the time, and I'll never have a 'puck' in my house to turn on my lights and to listen to my every word. It's the worst combination of both.
@dl3537
@dl3537 3 жыл бұрын
Island is an amazing book. There is a great audio version on youtube. Very long but very much worth reading. Another of Huxley's greats is Ape and Essence
@tribudeuno
@tribudeuno 2 жыл бұрын
Sgt. Pepper’s also has represented Simon Rodia, the Italian steel worker who single handedly built The Watts Towers and has been compared to Gaudi. He built the towers on the property that his house sat on, and after completing the work gave the keys to his neighbor and disappeared. The City of Los Angeles eventually received the towers, and concerned they were a public risk attempted to tear them down. But they proved too strong to easily demolish. The towers are today in the middle of the Hood® of South Central LA. Since Rodia was single, he could be said to deserve to be on the album cover more than Huxley, who was married…
@bigsmallstories6809
@bigsmallstories6809 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your stuff. Please keep going
@Bysitter_
@Bysitter_ 4 жыл бұрын
u are very underrated binge watching now
@im.95
@im.95 4 жыл бұрын
Im really glad i ve subscribed to this channel
@r2r322
@r2r322 4 жыл бұрын
I think that both are right. We live in a duality. To think these where the first two books among all those that came along...I absolutleyly spoiled myself but I was unaware.
@symbungee
@symbungee 4 жыл бұрын
Like 2 sides of the same coin.
@merijnberghorst515
@merijnberghorst515 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing video! Truly appreciate all your content
@MJXcraft
@MJXcraft 4 жыл бұрын
I'd find aspects of Huxley's ideology somewhat reminiscent of Ted Kaczynski's views of modern industrial-technological society. A video on the unabomber would be pretty darn interesting imo.
@Ephemeral_Style985
@Ephemeral_Style985 4 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons why Ted did it was his brain was fried from the Harvard LSD studies as well
@sethsoarenson7414
@sethsoarenson7414 3 жыл бұрын
I'm just saying, people be taking LSD and then they Get It (tm)
@iiSwiizZii
@iiSwiizZii 4 жыл бұрын
You make really good video essays man
@benjamino.7475
@benjamino.7475 Жыл бұрын
Lmao his last wish was LSD, very based
@BasedPeter
@BasedPeter 3 жыл бұрын
All around top bloke. In a way I'm glad he didn't get to live to see himself proven right.
@SweetComputing
@SweetComputing 3 жыл бұрын
I am starting The Doors of perception now and will eventually slide through Perennial philosophy and Brave new world
@MrBradcash
@MrBradcash 4 жыл бұрын
Well versed mate. Love your work, definitely keep it up! 👍
@edwardleas592
@edwardleas592 3 жыл бұрын
Buddhism The psychology before psychological science!
@imnotnotgameiacmaniac5327
@imnotnotgameiacmaniac5327 2 жыл бұрын
Buddhism is omega based
@sunkintree
@sunkintree 8 ай бұрын
and still better in many ways
@AL_THOMAS_777
@AL_THOMAS_777 4 ай бұрын
The religion without any god !
@possamei
@possamei 4 жыл бұрын
it seems like someone has been reading Pollan's book
@BmacBro
@BmacBro 4 жыл бұрын
wonderful video, maybe your best yet
@jasperglaser6735
@jasperglaser6735 4 жыл бұрын
Aldous Huxley couldnt have been more right about his worldview and concerns for the modern world bc it has come to fruition already
@lucanavarrete7234
@lucanavarrete7234 4 жыл бұрын
i need to read this guy now, it sounds awesome
@nicandespi
@nicandespi 4 жыл бұрын
♥️♥️♥️ so grateful for u!
@jordanlorenzatto457
@jordanlorenzatto457 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic channel! Keep up the great work :))
@TremelJackson
@TremelJackson 3 жыл бұрын
He took lsd on his death bed somehow that makes dying not seem so bad dude went out in a way that he deemed fit thats quite admirable.
@csanadczanik9710
@csanadczanik9710 4 жыл бұрын
Great video sir!
@luke-fh9gf
@luke-fh9gf 4 жыл бұрын
This seems very very relevant right now
@El-RaShahzad
@El-RaShahzad 4 жыл бұрын
If you rearrange Huxley’s birth year from 1894 it becomes *1984*
@nathanharrower2778
@nathanharrower2778 4 жыл бұрын
Damn that perennial philosophy shit hit hard
@Ephemeral_Style985
@Ephemeral_Style985 4 жыл бұрын
Brave New World sounds prettyyyy familiar to ancient Roman poet Juvenal’s “Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.” Definitely not a specifically new idea...
@maxonmendel5757
@maxonmendel5757 4 жыл бұрын
the ending makes this video feel like a shaggy dog story
@ultimusprimus7816
@ultimusprimus7816 Жыл бұрын
7:04 2x Come on baby light my fire~ Try to set the night on fire~ Yeahhhea~
@izaakpiknjacphillips7212
@izaakpiknjacphillips7212 4 жыл бұрын
haha Im currently reading Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death", I recognized that orwell quote from it
@zoidsfan12
@zoidsfan12 4 жыл бұрын
I need to get around to reading Huxley's works. I myself used to be a psychonaut and thus find that I relate to fellow trippers fairly well. Tripping to find oneself is in my opinion the best way to use psychedelics. I will say though that different substances have different effects. On acid your brain suddenly thinks in ways you never thought possible and you have a nice light show. On shrooms it feels as if you transcend your body and the visuals are more aurora esque, I've also only experienced ego death on mushrooms. Though on retrospect lsd can have that transcendent feeling as well because I always knew it kicked in when I felt as if my brain was taking a back seat, I've also experienced seeing things in third person a bunch on lsd. So I suppose the major difference is lsd is more of a buzzing feeling while shrooms are a rooted feeling.
@josephjuarez7548
@josephjuarez7548 3 жыл бұрын
I think I found the philosopher I’m going to study next
@qwertydog9795
@qwertydog9795 4 жыл бұрын
I just ordered a copy of The Doors of Perception, and this comes up in my feed. nice. ❤️👀✨ also I think you should make a video about Terence McKenna that would be really cool
@MYwinters1945
@MYwinters1945 4 жыл бұрын
I love your drawings !
@synthefire
@synthefire 3 жыл бұрын
Mans was so right, drown the reset on the sea of irrelevance
@crankyanker2682
@crankyanker2682 4 жыл бұрын
Love Huxley, great video!
@novasnotvibing
@novasnotvibing 3 жыл бұрын
Bro brave new world literally makes me fall into deep crisis
@BRAZEN_Muse
@BRAZEN_Muse 3 жыл бұрын
Great video man!
@rodrigogomes2064
@rodrigogomes2064 4 жыл бұрын
Bought the island yesterday. Wow. Nice video btw
@saltytea7367
@saltytea7367 4 жыл бұрын
When your friends name is Huxley and this story legitimately sounds like his family and life.
@unviversalyhappy
@unviversalyhappy 4 жыл бұрын
This channel is amazing
@analogdistortion
@analogdistortion 4 жыл бұрын
Patriarchal therapeutic model? WHAT?
@superioropinion7116
@superioropinion7116 4 жыл бұрын
Guess what the article has been written by,lol.
@saassas5879
@saassas5879 4 жыл бұрын
@@superioropinion7116 a woman? lol oh no, so spooky!
@superioropinion7116
@superioropinion7116 4 жыл бұрын
@@saassas5879 Thanks for the answer kind stranger,I would have given you gold if I could.
@JohnyBuzzkillKidd
@JohnyBuzzkillKidd 4 жыл бұрын
Also immortalised in the Doctor Strange movie. The altered perceptions on reality discussed in that film capped with the late great Stan Lee sat on a bus reading The Doors Of Perception while sorcerers are altering reality around him. It was that Easter egg that brought me to him
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